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Country's Telephone Code: 420
Best telephone rates
Starting September 22, 2002 Czech Republic eliminated leading "0" from dialling intra-state long distance. All telephone numbers are now 9 digits long, the first 2 digits determine geographical area. No special prefix is needed to call anywhere within the country.
International Calls From Czech Republic: prefix for international calling from Czech telephones is 00 followed by country code, etc.
Better rates in the evening are available during the off-peak hours by calling 952 + 00 (so called Xcall service of Czech Telecom)
Calling telephone cards can be bought at larger post offices, airports, railway stations, metro stations, big department stores, kiosks, hotels.
Call to the US could be less than 30 cents a minute
AT&T Operator: 00-420-00101
MCI Operator: 00-420-0011
Sprint Operator: 00-420-87187
Bell Canada Operator: 00-420-00151
There are 3 mobil operators - Eurotel (major owners Czech Telecom / Verizon / AT&T Wireless), Radiomobil (T-Mobil) and Cesky Mobil (TIW). There are many calling plans available, on a monthly or pay-per-use basis. US cell phones do not work due to different standards.
Czechs are addicted to sending SMS messages (locally called "esemesky"). People send them very frequently for no particular reason, as a source of fun and entertainment. To some degree SMS messages are replacing less available Internet access and email messaging. There are also commercial news and other services available using SMS technology.